Pat Rice in Short Shorts wrote:DiamondGooner wrote:Ach wrote:My memory of giroud is being beaten by Phil Jones to the ball. Giroud running at full pelt. Jones on hands and knees
The only Arsenal player slower than even Arteta.
So would you take Theo over Giroud?
Yes I would, different positions but even as a striker Theo did just as well as Giroud when Wenger tried him out up front, tore Newcastle to pieces.
As for the Giroud hate, usually with everthing I'm measured and apply common sense but with Giroud I hate him with every bone in my body, for some reason he incites an un-typical response from even me.
Mainly due to the fact I hate the type of striker he is and what Wenger "tried" to make him into, that budget Ibrahimovic type striker .......... when I grew up on Wright, Smith, Anelka and Henry ffs.
Then there was Wenger's twisted loyalty to a fault with this guy, he knew he needed better which is why every season he refused to buy a striker but would test out first Podolski, Gervhino then Walcott up front but always even if they did well he'd bring Giroud back.
When he finally bought a decent striker in, with Lacazette probably because we were starting to slip down the ranks as a club he even then benched Laca as he just couldn't upset little Giroud.
The guy even tried to block Mislinslat and Gazidis from buying Auba because he knew with Laca and Auba, Giroud would driven out of the club.